“ Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes. Katherine Mansfield
“ I can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella. Katherine Mansfield
“ Sleeping was her latest discovery. 'It's so wonderful. One simply shuts one's eyes, that's all. It's so delicious. Katherine Mansfield
“ I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing. Katherine Mansfield
“ Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change… Katherine Mansfield
“ Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Katherine Mansfield
“ A big bee, a golden furry fellow, crept into a freesia, and the delicate flower leaned over, swung, shook; and when the bee flew away it fluttered still as though it were laughing. Happy, careless flo… Katherine Mansfield
“ Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery. Katherine Mansfield
“ We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed- one doesn't always want to make it-does one? ... But what else can be done? What's the alternativ… Katherine Mansfield
“ Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can't build on it it is good only for wallowing. Katherine Mansfield
“ Risk! Risk anything! ... Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. Katherine Mansfield
“ Make it a rule of life never to regret and never look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy you can't build on it it's good only for wallowing in. Katherine Mansfield
“ It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask. Katherine Mansfield
“ I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future plusses. Katherine Mansfield
“ I am treating you as my friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses. Katherine Mansfield
“ We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. ... What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself in the face of difficulties. Katherine Mansfield
